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1
Which of the following is true about fugue? Mark all that apply.
Fugue is a compositional technique that generates counterpoint.
There are no formal processes that govern fugue.
The subject, or the theme, may appear often and in various forms in a fugue
Fugue is a simple, repetitive form, resembling strophic form in vocal music
2
The printed music (or score) of Pachelbel's Canon is an example of:
A verbal description of how musicians could express feelings in music
A graphic visualization of a specific perfromance
Prescriptive notation
Descriptive notation
3
An orchestra is composed mostly of wind players.
True
False
4
The pitch content of an operatic recitative can be described as _______, while the rhythmic content is ______.
song-like, speech-like
symphonic, song-like
speech-like, song-like
speech-like, symphonic
5
Why did Tartini write poetical lines in his scores for violin, sometimes using secret codes?
Pray to God
Remember the melody
To exorcize the Devil
Retrieve the inspiration for his music
6
In contrast with Homer’s epics, Sappho’s poetry
Illustrates the narrator's emotional experience through personal reactions
Praises the heroic deeds of war from an objective point of view
Sings about anger of Achilles
Narrates events that took place over a long span of time
7
Pick the best decription of the clip:
Seconda-prattica chorus from Monterverdi's Orfeo
Prima-prattica chorus from Allegri's Miserere
Seconda-prattica chorus from Gluck's Orfeo
Chorus about the fall of Adam and Eve in Haydn's Creation
8
This part of sonata form introduces the primary and secondary themes:
Development
Exposition
Introduction
Recapitulation
9
What is ‘musica mundana’ for Boethius?
Cosmic music
Dull music, lacking excitement
Earthly music, meaning secular, opposed to sacred
Audible music
10
The Following excerpt of Barbara Strozzi’s “Lagrime mie” is an example of which of the following?
Monody
Polyphonic song
Monophony
Chant
Syllabic text
11
Which of the following pairs of characteristics tend to be true of arias?
Periodical structure of accents/rhythm, emotionally expressive
Free rhythm, for more than one singer
Slow, only sacred subject matter
Only secular subject matter, mostly expresses action
12
Fugues always contain a predetermined (composed) ending.
True
False
13
In what notable ways does Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice differ from Monteverdi’s Orfeo?
Gluck emphasized longer acts, larger choruses, and continuous music.
Monteverdi’s opera is in French, while Gluck’s is in Italian
While Monteverdi uses large orchestra but Gluck only a string quartet.
Gluck and Monteverdi start their operas in the same spot in the story
14
Restatements and developments of the subject and countersubject in different contrapuntal variations are known as…
Episodes
Verse
Da Capo
Ritornello
15
Which of the following meters (time signatures) is preferred for training soldiers to stride more orderly?
5/4
6/8
2/4
3/4
16
Ockeghem’s Kyrie from his Missa prolationum is:
Sacred drama
A mass written to be performed at funerals
a double canon
A secular work
17
What does the music in the excerpt represent?
It's purely instrumental music, which does not represent anything
Birds in springtime
Zephire, personification of wind
End of the deelopement, beginning of recapitulation
18
Which of the following instruments does not belong?
English Horn
Trombone
French Horn
Trumpet
19
The following vocal passage displays a _____ text setting.
Syllabic
Timbre
Homorhythmic
Melismatic
20
What does a Leitmotiv present in Wagner’s operas?
Any of the above can be presented by a Leitmotiv.
A character
A place
An object
21
To which family do the following instruments belong?
String
Brass
Woodwind
Percussion
22
Listen to this organ piece by Bach (it plays from the beginning) and pick the answer that best describes it
3-voice fugue
4-voice canon
3-voice canon
4-voice fugue
23
Which of the following best describes the fugal phenomenon of stretto?
Stretto is not fugal and is only in vocal music, not instrumental music
The subject returns after the last voice finishes presenting the subject
When two voices enter simultaneously with the subject
The subject enters before the last voice finishes presenting the subject
24
Haydn’s Op. 33 no. 2 is a string quartet called “The Joke.” Where is the joke? Mark all that applies.
The last movement presents closure but it then plays one more phrase
It is a string quintet with the fifth part playing a hidden French horn
It presents happy music from beginning to end
It defeats expectations in the sequence of movements
25
Which of the following represents the formal structure of a Da Capo Aria?
AAA
AABB
ABACA
ABA
26
The example below is written in which type of musical texture?
Homophony
Monophonic
Polyphonic
Heterophonic
27
From which of the following epic poems did the story of Wagner’s Ring originate?
All of them
Edda
Völsung Saga
Niebelungslied
28
When the primary theme returns in the original key, we have reached the _________ in a sonata form
Recapitulation
Exposition
Introduction
Development
29
Choose the answer that best identifies this piece of music
A polyphonic 15th-century Mass by Johannes Ockeghem
Kyrie sung at the beginning of the Mass
Gregorian chant for a funeral mass
A 13th century tavern song
30
Important essential feature of African-rooted American music are:
epic songs, diatonic scales, absence of counterpoint
duple meters, percussion, strong sense of rhythm
drinking songs, pentatonic scales
collective participation, polyrhythm, spontaneity
31
Which of the following is NOT true about modes?
They contain 2 half steps (tones) and 5 whole steps (tones)
The fundamental is the most important note.
They contain 7 notes.
They contain similar sequence of half steps (tones) and whole steps (tones)
32
The primary and secondary themes are presented identically in the recapitulation as they were in the exposition.
False
True
33
Which is the highest instrument in the orchestra?
Oboe
Bassoon
Piccolo
Clarinet
Flute
Bass drum
34
Which of the following best describes fugal texture?
Imitative Counterpoint
Cantus firmus
Transposition
Monophonic
35
Choose the answer that best identifies this piece of music:
A 13th-century tavern song
Gregorian chant for a funeral mass
Kyrie sung at the beginning of the Mass
A polyphonic 15th-century Mass by Johannes Ockeghem
36
What is St. Augustine saying about the origins of the chants in Milan?
They were from Africa
They were polyphonic
They were Gregorian because Pope Gregory transcribed them
They came from the East
37
Why did Wagner see Beethoven's Nine as a prophecy?
because of its popular appeal
because it was staged like an opera
Schiller's text prophesized the coming of a new world order
It represented a new, freer form and fluid genre with voices and orchestra
38
Which music can be labeled as “secular”?
Dies Irae
In taberna quando sumus
Kyrie
Ordo virtutum
39
Rhythm is organizing music in…
Organized pitches
interesting harmonic configurations
beautiful melodic lines
Recognizable patterns of sound and silence
40
Which of the following operas include a lot of accompanied recitative?
Christoph Willibald Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice
None of the above
Jacopo Peri’s Euridice
Claudio Monteverdi’s Orfeo
41
Enlightenment music theory was based on
Strict diatonicism and ban on chromaticism
Mathematics and physics of sound
The trinitarian doctrine of the Church
A theory of emotions based on the exploration of the subconscious
42
Which of the following pairs of terms is synonymous?
beat and rhythm
meter and pulse
beat and pulse
meter and rhythm
43
How does a fugue differ from a canon?
A fugue requires imitation, while a canon does not
A fugue is an instrumental genre, and a canon is a vocal genre
A fugue is polyphonic, while a canon is monophonic
A fugue’s rules can never be broken, but a canon’s rules can be
44
This part of sonata form is marked by rapid modulation resulting in harmonic ambiguity
Introduction
Recapitulation
Exposition
Development
45
In what way does oratorio differ from opera?
Unlike operas, oratorios do not use live orchestras
Operas use recitative and arias, but oratorios only have arias.
Operas use many singers; oratorios use one soloist for the entire work
Unlike operas, oratorios are not staged.
46
Which response best describes the following excerpt from “Madamina, il catologo è questo”?
Quick tempo, melismatic
Slow tempo, melismatic
Slow tempo, syllabic
Quick tempo, syllabic
47
Which term best describes the tempo of this piece? (Dvorak Symphony No. 9, Movement 4)
Prestissimo
Allegro
Grave
48
The Leitmotif below is representing the _________
Rheinmaidens
Giants
Sword
Gold
49
The trumpet, trombone, and tuba are part of the ______ family
Brass
Percussion
Woodwind
String
